Call for inquiry into Holland murder case

A barrister for Graham Stafford says there should be an inquiry into the handling of the Leanne Holland murder case.

Mr Stafford served almost 15 years behind bars for murdering the 12-year-old Ipswich schoolgirl, whose battered body was found in bushland near her family's Goodna home, west of Brisbane.

His conviction was quashed in 2009 on a technicality, prompting a two-year police review.

This week police said new forensic evidence indicated Mr Stafford committed the 1991 murder, and recommended he be retried.

But the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has decided there's no point pursuing a retrial because Mr Stafford has already served significant jail time and nearly 20 years have passed since the crime.

Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie is considering his options in the wake of the DPP's decision not to seek a retrial, The Courier-Mail reports.

Mr Stafford's barrister Joseph Crowley on Wednesday called for an inquiry into unanswered questions surrounding the case, the police investigation, and the prosecution of his client.